Cleburne, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Cleburne's primary NOAA station, CLEBURNE.
The climate verdict for Cleburne
Cleburne, Texas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 65°F. It scores 93/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 93% of them.
- 65°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 93/100
- comfort score, above 93% of station-mapped location scores
- 37.7"
- annual precipitation · 1" snow
- 240 days
- frost-free growing season
Cleburne: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00411800 · Cleburne, TX 65°F mean · 37.7" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 65°F
- RANK-UPPER #6,038
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ballinger
- PRCP-MID 37.7"
- SWING-MID 39°F
- COMF-TOP 93/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00411800
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Ballinger, TX (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every TX station list.
- Cleburne (this station) 65°F
- Hot Fresno Yosemite, CA 65°F
- Near Ballinger, TX 65°F
- Near Boyce, LA 65°F
- Near Decatur, TX 65°F
Cleburne sits in Texas, the #4 hottest U.S. state at 66.2°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Cleburne
Cleburne: 86/100 · grade A
Cleburne publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Cleburne, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 93/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 65.0°F · 2.5° from 67.5°F | 92/100 · A |
| Precipitation balance | 37.7 in · 2.7 from 35 in | 90/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 240 days/year | 85/100 · A |
| Snowfall burden | 0.8 inches/year | 84/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 91 calendar days | 79/100 · B |
Cleburne · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Cleburne is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 45.1°F and warmest-month mean 83.7°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 83.7°F
- Coldest month
- 45.1°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Cleburne sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Cleburne's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 12% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Cleburne sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 53rd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- Narrower than 70%
- Warmest-to-coldest month gap for Cleburne is compact versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Cleburne compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Cleburne's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
93 Top 7% score exceeds 93% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Cleburne's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 63 complete annual observations from 1948 to 2017, CLEBURNE warmed at a fitted rate of 0.16°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Cleburne primary station fitted change +0.16 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 57°F (14°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 2.6" | 0.3" | 13.9 | 0.0 |
| February | 61°F (16°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 2.5" | 0.3" | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| March | 68°F (20°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.5" | 0.0" | 2.9 | 0.2 |
| April | 76°F (25°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.1" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| May | 83°F (28°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.6 |
| June | 90°F (32°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 80°F (27°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 20.4 |
| July | 95°F (35°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 28.3 |
| August | 95°F (35°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 2.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.4 |
| September | 89°F (31°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | 3.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 16.8 |
| October | 78°F (26°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.4" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 3.7 |
| November | 67°F (19°C) | 44°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 2.9" | 0.0" | 3.7 | 0.1 |
| December | 58°F (15°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 2.5" | 0.2" | 11.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
The year in Cleburne runs from a mild 33°F around January 5 to 97°F at the peak near August 3, and the normal low never reaches freezing on any date in the record.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 12 through September 10, covering 91 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 22 to November 6.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
No freezing date
Not one calendar date in the 1991–2020 record carries a normal low at or below 32°F. The coldest normal low of the year is 33°F around January 5.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 13, when 23% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is July 25 at 13%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 70 wet dates a year.
The widest day
March 31 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Cleburne.
Where Cleburne Stands Nationally
Heat is a defining feature of the normals calendar — the normal daily high reaches 90°F on roughly 91 days a year, more than four out of five ranked stations record.
Cleburne earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 0.3"
6.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
5.9 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
7.5 days with precipitation
5.7 days with precipitation
4.5 days with precipitation
5.0 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
6.3 days with precipitation
5.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
5.7 days with precipitation
Cleburne spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 23% of the annual total and December through February 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Cleburne has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 38.6°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: October averages 4.4" and July 2.1". The three wettest months together take 33% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Cleburne, it arrives in quantity
37.7" of precipitation falls across only about 70 wet days here, averaging 0.54 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 70 a year, 19% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.54 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 8
- Fewest wet days
- July, about 5
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Snow reaches Cleburne, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 0.8 inches of snow a year here, most likely in January. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 1 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 12
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 17
50% probability date
Growing Season
240 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,442
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,484
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
August
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Cleburne on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (65°F here).
- Boyce, LA 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Jena, LA 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Lemon Cove, CA 65°F · 0.0°F off
- Newman, CA 65°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (37.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Dwight, IL 37.7" · 0.0" off
- Williamsburg, IA 37.7" · 0.0" off
- Alfred, NY 37.7" · 0.0" off
- Defiance, OH 37.7" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Cleburne's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · moderate · mid swing
August and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Cleburne's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 38.6°F. The annual average is 65°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Cleburne's normal, at 2,442 and 2,484 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
The frost-free window extends for about 240 days. That is a long calendar measure, but it is not a forecast and does not combine heat, rainfall, soil, or local elevation into a planting recommendation.
Cleburne's 37.7 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Annual snowfall totals 0.8 inches. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Cleburne's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Cleburne, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Cleburne's primary station: CLEBURNE (USC00411800). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as an incorporated place (GEOID 4815364). Match rule for Cleburne: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Cleburne comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.